Wardrobe-bedstead



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A. ORTLIBB. WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

No. 254,501. Patented Marl 7,1882.

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WARDROBB BBDSTBAD. No. 254,50L/Y Patented Mar. 7,1882,

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WARDROBE BBDSTEAD.

No. 254,501. A Patented Mar. 7,1882.

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A. ORTLIEB. WARDROBE BEDSKTBAD.

No. 254,501. Patepted Mar. 7,1882f 1N VEA/TOR @fl/Mmm@ N. FEYERS. Phowmhogmpher. wushmgwm D. C4

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON ORTLIEB, OF ALLEG'HENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WARDROBE-EDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,501, dated March 7, 18.8421

Application filed January 14, 1882. (No model.)

'To all whom it' lmay concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON OR'rLiEB. of Al legheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wardrobe-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads; and it consists of a case and a bedstead having folding feet at the foot portion of it and pivoted at its inner or head end, so that. when it is placed in a horizontal position the foot end will be supported by the folding feet and its head end supported upon the pivots and pil-low and clothes chamber, said bedstead having a folding head and foot board, the former being held in a vertical position by means of a slotted arm, and the latter, with the folding feet, being held in a vertical plane by means of a pivoted bar, said bedstead being balanced upon its pivots through the medium of verticalspiral springs, which are attached at their upper end to a transverse bar of the case and at their lower end to chains traveling over pulleys, the two outer chains being attached to the lower and outer corners of the head of the bedstead and the middle cha-in attached to the head-board at a point at least one-third the depth of said board above the bottom of the bedstead, said springs and chains being so arranged and acting in the balancing of the bedvsteadintheloweringofit thattensionisbrought 5 upon the two outer springs until they begin to lose their power, at which point tension is brought upon the middle spring. The mattress, when placed in the bedstead, has its ends covered by or with the folding portion of the head and foot boards. The rear of the case has a back board, which closes about one half of the back of the case and forms a background for the head end of the bedstead, giving thereto the appearance of an extensive head-board, and permit ting thorough ventilation of the bed when folded in the case, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification, Figure 1 is a front elel vat-ion of my improvement in wardrobe-beda steads. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the saine. Fig. 4 is a vertical section at line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a vertical section at line y y when the bed is lowered to a horizontal plane and the head and foot boards in position. Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of the case when the bedstead is-in ahorizontal position and the folding part of the head-board and foot-board and feet are in a vertical position. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of the pivots or trunnions of the bedstead. Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views of the slotted arm for supporting the folding part of the head-board in a vertical and folded position. Fig. l1 is a detail view, representing the means `employed for holding the folding part of the foot-board in a vertical position.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, A represents the case for the bedstead B, which has a folding head-board, C, folding foot-board D, and folding feet E. The lower side ofthe bottom F of the bed represents two panel-doors when thebed is inclosed in the case, the feet E representing ornamental pendants, and giving to the case A, when the bed is folded, the appearance of an ornamental and highly-finished wardrobe.

G represents a clothes and pillow chamber or chest, having a lid, H. In the back of the case A is placed a paneled ornamental back board, g', closing about one-half of the back, which, in combination with the folding headboard G, gives to the head of the bedstead the appearance of having a high and ornamental head-board, and permits of a free ventilation of the bed and bed-robe. The bedstead is pivoted by means of pivots or trunnions I on the side boards of the bedstead at or near their lower edge and a short distance from the headboard, which pivots or trunnions I rest in slotted bearings J in the sides of the case nA and near the front edges thereof, said trunnions and bearings being so arranged that the bedstead B can be removed from the case A for the purpose of cleansing it and the c ase.

To the head-board is pivoted a slotted arm, K, having a slot, L, with recesses m, which drop over a pin, n, when the head-board C is in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 9, and in a IOO folded position for holding the mattress in the bedstead, as shown in Fig. 10.

To a transverse bar, o, is attached the upper end of the spiral springs P Q R, as indicated at S, and to the lower end of said springs are attached chains T U V, the chain T traveling over pulleys W and attached to the outer and lower corner of the bedstead, as indicated at x, and the chain U traveling over a pulley, al, and attached to the head-boardot' the bedstead at b.

In the operation of lowering the bedstead to a horizontal position tension is first brought upon the spiral springs P R until they lose part of their tension, at which time tension is brought upon the spiral spring Q, thus enabling the bedstead to be perfectly balanced at any point and at any angle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, with relation to a vertical plane, whereby the operatoris relieved from any sudden and jerking Weight of the bedstead when lowering it to a horizontal position, in which position the feet E are turned out to a vertical position, and the foot-board is turned up to the same position. The pivoted bar c is then thrown into position, -as shown in Fig. 5, in which position the bar'c will hold the feet E and foot-board D in a fixed vertical position, and the head-board is then turned up, and is secured in positionv by the slotted arm K, as shown in Fig. 9. When it is desirable to turn up the bedstead B into the case A, the slotted arm K is moved slightly upward, so as to remove the pin a out of the recess m. Then, by drawing forward the headboard, it is folded down, in which position the pinnwilldropinto the upperrecess, m,oftheslot L in arm K, as shown in Fig. 10, thereby securely holding the head-board in a horizontal plane with relation to the mattress. The pivoted bar c is then turned down, so that it will be free from the foot-board D and the hinged rail d of the feet E. Then the foot-board is folded down over the foot end of the mattress 'and the hook e turned over thepin f', as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Vhen said foot-board and head-board are folded down over the ends of the mattress, as shown in Fig. 4, the mattress will be held securely in the bedstead, and will not be liable to displacement when the bedstead is elevated and inclosed in the case A, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4. When elevating the bedstead for the purpose of turning it up into the case A, the rail d and feet E should be turned down against the bottom of the bedstead, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my improvement, what I claim is 1. In a wardrobe-bedstead, the combination, with the case A, ot' the bedstead B, pivoted and journaled therein, and having folding headboard C and securing devices consisting of slotted arm K, having recesses m and pin n, and foot-board D, and securing devices e and f', and pivoted bar c', and folding or hinged rail d', having feet E, the several parts constructed and relatively arranged substantially in the manner as herein described.

- 2. In a wardrobe-bedstead, the case A and the bedstead pivoted and adapted to fold therein, the spiral springs P R, arranged in the rear of and connected with the case, and chains T V, passing under rollers and connecting said springs with the head end of the bedstead, in combination with the spring Q and chain U, arranged substantially in the manner herein shown and described, whereby tension is first brought upon the outer springs, P R, and subsequently upon the spring Q, in the operation of lowering the bedstead, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose specified.

' A. ORTLIEB.

Witnesses:

A. G. J oHNsroN, JAMES J. JOHNSTON. 

